St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-07

and I'll knock you down." cried Mr.. En-
win, as he jumped to his feet white in
the face, and made threatening ges-
ture.
'Mr. Erwin, remember where YOU
are" said Judge Young, rapping OH his
desk.
"I-"
''Take your seat, SIR" and Mr.. Erwin
sat down, and the examination went on
as smoothly as before. Mrs. HamiltOn's
testimony agreed with her husbands,
In nearly all details, and was but yirtu-
ally repetition. The prosecution called
b Detective Hoy and Supt. Helm to prove
that when she was arrested she said that
Moore had not insulted her, and that
| she did not know why her husband had
} shot Moore. The defense closed shortly
before O'Clock, and Mr.. Davis summed
sup for the state. 1t was an able elOcu-
I, tiOnary effort. in which the county at
Z togney presented the case for the state.
He began by saying:
d !, Public interest is an index of an Important
law suit. When l see sea of upturned faces
] III this court room, know some issue is at
stake that awakens responsive echoes III the
human heart. Gilbert Hamilton stands here,
I not as his counsel puts it, with stain upon
] MIN because he is black. He stands here to-
day to receive the same justice and privileges
mat white man would receive, defended by
|, the ablest counsel in Minnesota 1t is ad-
United that he made the murderous assault
alleged, but 1t is claimed it was justified. The
way TO arrive at the truth is by sitting the
evidence, confronting statement by state
ment. With this as an introduction, Mr.
Davis briefly reviewed the stories of Moore
the evidence offered by the defense. He
laid stress upon the discrepancies
in the stories of Hamilton and his wife as to
how he fell down. Hamilton said she helped
him: she said she did not; he claimed Moore
mad his arms round her; she said he merely
took hold of her arms: the imprObability of
the key story, the testimony of the witness
who heard him say he was going to shoot
Moore, his flight from justice, his telling the
ofhcers he must have been crazy when he
shot, his wife saying she did not
know why her husband shot Moore !;
the certainty that they would agree and
swear to any story that would clear Hamil-
ton. Then the fact that Yale and Edwards
Moore's statements, differing only sufj ciently
In details to make evident its truth. Last of
all the direction Of the bullets indicated by
the wounds.
Mr.. Davis occupied just one hour in
his plea, and
ATTORNEY W. W. ERWIN
began one of his forensic OratiOns which
had attracted the crowd of spectators
that came to listen to the great criminal
attorney.
when Caesar crossed the Rubicon of
Romes liberty and when the people struck
the tyrant down, the tyrant's friends pleaded
his wounds. This is the same position to-
day" With this introduction, and with an
eloquent plea for the equality of the colored
man, in which he claimed that the pre-
JUDGE against the colored man had
from time immemorial wrought them
1nJustices went on to dissect
the testimony. When he came down from
his heroics the gfst of his argument was that
the crime lies with the intent to commit a
wrong. man, unless some hardened Grim
1nai, does not commit a deed like this-does
not commit crime without a motive. If, as
the prosecution claim, Moore gave no cause,
then why should Hamilton have shot Moore?
He made capital of the fact of the public
feeling against Hamilton, and the array of
detective talent that had been brought to
work against him. He insinuated that the
the disappearance of the half brother,
Green. If Hamilton wanted to kill Moore,
why didn't he walk back up the stairs and
shoot him at the time? The discrepancies of
testimony were dwelled upon at length. The
plea contained many references to ancient
the Knights Of Labor, and pretty much ev-
erything else that the attorney could think
Of
Judge Young said at the conclusion
that he understood a certain member of
the bar had endeavOred to tamper with
the jury and for this reason he hest
tated about letting them go home for
the evening. He, however, did so,
with a strong appeal that they should
allow no one to talk or communicate
with them about the case. The charge
to the jury will begin this morning at 9
O'clock